"the blood donation policy a matter for the Health Minister of Northern Ireland. In 2016, new Health Minister Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Féin announced that Northern Ireland would move to a one-year deferral system in line with the rest of the United Kingdom with effect from 1 September 2016. According to the Police Service of Northern Ireland, reports of homophobic attacks have increased every year since data collection began, from 196 incidents in 2004-2005 to 334 in 2014-2015. Researchers from Ulster University and Queen's University Belfast suggest that, although rising figures reflect the continuing challenges experienced by LGBT people, they"
"Maynooth University The National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM; ), commonly known as Maynooth University (MU), is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. It is Ireland's youngest university as it was founded by the Universities Act, 1997 from the secular faculties of the now separate St Patrick's College, Maynooth, which was founded in 1795. Maynooth is also the only university town in Ireland, all other universities being based within cities. The university consists of two connected campuses: an older southern campus, with 19th-century buildings, shared with St Patrick's College, and, across a"
"National University of Ireland The National University of Ireland (NUI) () is a federal university system of ""constituent universities"" (previously called ""constituent colleges"") and ""recognised colleges"" set up under the Irish Universities Act, 1908, and significantly amended by the Universities Act, 1997. The constituent universities are for all essential purposes independent universities, except that the degrees and diplomas are those of the National University of Ireland with its seat in Dublin. In post-nominals, the abbreviation ""NUI"" is used for degrees from all the constituent universities of the National University of Ireland. ""Queen's Colleges"" at Belfast, Cork, and Galway were established"
"bunk room to €5,700 a year for a single room with an ensuite bathroom. Maynooth University also offers Short Stay Accommodation for students who only require a room for a short period. Maynooth University The National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM; ), commonly known as Maynooth University (MU), is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. It is Ireland's youngest university as it was founded by the Universities Act, 1997 from the secular faculties of the now separate St Patrick's College, Maynooth, which was founded in 1795. Maynooth is also the only university"
"player David Humphreys, golfers Darren Clarke and Graeme McDowell, former governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten and triple jumper Jonathan Edwards. Ulster University Ulster University (, Ulster Scots: ""Ulstèr Universitie"" or ""Ulstèr Varsitie""), officially the University of Ulster, is a multi-campus public university located in Northern Ireland. It is often referred to informally and unofficially as Ulster, or by the abbreviation UU. It is the largest university in Northern Ireland and the second largest university on the island of Ireland, after the federal National University of Ireland. Established in 1968 as the ""New University of Ulster"", it merged with ""Ulster"
"University College Cork University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) (Irish: ""Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh"") is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork. The university was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen’s Colleges located in Belfast, Cork, and Galway. It became University College, Cork, under the Irish Universities Act of 1908. The Universities Act 1997 renamed the university as National University of Ireland, Cork, and a Ministerial Order of 1998 renamed the university as University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork, though it continues to be almost"
"Ulster University Ulster University (, Ulster Scots: ""Ulstèr Universitie"" or ""Ulstèr Varsitie""), officially the University of Ulster, is a multi-campus public university located in Northern Ireland. It is often referred to informally and unofficially as Ulster, or by the abbreviation UU. It is the largest university in Northern Ireland and the second largest university on the island of Ireland, after the federal National University of Ireland. Established in 1968 as the ""New University of Ulster"", it merged with ""Ulster Polytechnic"" in 1984, incorporating its four Northern Irish campuses under the ""University of Ulster"" banner. The university incorporated its four campuses"
"of Ireland in 1879, and created two separate universities: the current National University of Ireland and Queen's University of Belfast. The university was one of only eight United Kingdom universities to hold a parliamentary seat in the House of Commons at Westminster until such representation was abolished in 1950. The university was also represented in the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1920–1968, where its graduates elected four seats. On 20 June 2006, the university announced a £259 million investment programme focusing on facilities, recruitment and research. One of the outcomes of this investment has been a new university library; the"
"doors in 1849, with further buildings added later, including the Medical/Windle Building in the 1860s. In the following century, the Irish Universities Act (1908) formed the National University of Ireland, consisting of the three constituent colleges of Dublin, Cork and Galway, and the college was given the status of a university college as ""University College, Cork"". The Universities Act, 1997, made the university college a constituent university of the National University and made the constituent university a full university for all purposes except the awarding of degrees and diplomas which remains the sole remit of the National University. As of"
"National University of Ireland (NUI) has its seat in Dublin, which is also the location of the associated ""constituent university"" of University College Dublin (UCD), which has over 30,000 students. Founded in 1854, it is now the largest university in Ireland. UCD's main campus is at Belfield, about from the city centre, in the southeastern suburbs. With a continuous history dating back to 1887, Dublin's principal, and Ireland's largest, institution for technological education and research, Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) has over 23,000 students. DIT specialises in engineering, architecture, sciences, health, journalism, digital media, hospitality and business but also offers"
"as the National Institute for Higher Education (NIHE) in 1972, and in 1989 was the first university to be established since the foundation of the State in 1922. It is notable for its programs of engineering, information technology, materials science, sports science, humanities, teacher education, social sciences and music. In 2007, the university opened a medical school. The Irish World Music Centre specialises in traditional music and dance, and UL is host to the Irish Chamber Orchestra. The campus includes a 50m Olympic-standard swimming complex, the first to be established in Ireland. The University has one of the longest footbridges"
"from the other two in 1908, and became the Queen's University Belfast (QUB). Queen's College, Cork is now known as ""University College Cork (UCC), while Queen's College Galway is now known as NUI Galway). Since 1908 the latter two have been part of the federal National University of Ireland system. Queen's University of Ireland The Queen's University of Ireland was established formally by Royal Charter on 3 September 1850, as the degree-awarding university of the ""Queen's Colleges"" of Belfast, Cork, and Galway that were established in 1845 ""to afford a university education to members of all religious denominations"" in Ireland."
"president Edward M. Walsh, the mayor of Limerick applied for a Queen's College in the city in 1845; however, Belfast, Cork and Galway were established instead. In 1908 there was an attempt to link the National University of Ireland and Mungret College, about five kilometres from Limerick. Mungret offered bachelor's- and master's-level courses in the faculty of arts, with degrees conferred by the Royal University of Ireland, from 1888 to 1908. The university was dissolved in 1909 and replaced by the National University of Ireland, marking the end of tertiary education at Mungret. Degrees were awarded to students at Mungret"
"University College Dublin University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD; ) is a research university in Dublin, Ireland. It has over 1,482 faculty and 32,000 students, and it is Ireland's largest university. The university originates in a body founded in 1854 with John Henry Newman as the first rector known as the Catholic University of Ireland, re-formed in 1880 and chartered in its own right in 1908. The Universities Act, 1997 renamed the ""constituent university"" as the ""National University of Ireland, Dublin"", and a ministerial order of 1998 renamed the institution as ""University College Dublin - National University of"
"the creation of the National University in 1908 and Queen's University Belfast. The state's two new universities, Dublin City University and University of Limerick, were initially National Institute for Higher Education institutions. These institutions offered university level academic degrees and research from the start of their existence and were awarded university status in 1989 in recognition of this. Third level technical education in the state has been carried out in the Institutes of Technology, which were established from the 1970s as Regional Technical Colleges. These institutions have ""delegated authority"" which entitles them to give degrees and diplomas from Quality and"
"corporate entities with separate and parallel governing structures. Among more modern foundations, the National University of Ireland, founded in 1908, consisted of constituent colleges and recognised colleges until 1997. The former are now referred to as constituent universities – institutions that are essentially universities in their own right. The National University can trace its existence back to 1850 and the creation of the Queen's University of Ireland and the creation of the Catholic University of Ireland in 1854. From 1880, the degree awarding roles of these two universities was taken over by the Royal University of Ireland, which remained until"
"with the simultaneously founded Queen's College, Cork, and Queen's College, Galway, as part of the Queen's University of Ireland – founded to encourage higher education for Catholics and Presbyterians, as a counterpart to Trinity College, Dublin, then an Anglican institution. Queen's College, Belfast, opened in 1849. Its main building, the Lanyon Building, was designed by the English architect, Sir Charles Lanyon. At its opening, it had 23 professors and 195 students. Some early students at Queen's University Belfast took University of London examinations. The ""Irish Universities Act, 1908"" dissolved the Royal University of Ireland, which had replaced the Queen's University"
"Magee College founded in 1865 in Derry. Magee College was a college of the Royal University of Ireland from 1880 and later became associated with the University of Dublin (better known as Trinity College) when the Royal University was dissolved in 1908 and replaced by the National University of Ireland. In 1953 Magee College broke its links with Dublin and became ""Magee University College"". It was hoped by groups led by the University for Londonderry Committee that this university college would become Northern Ireland's second university after The Queen's University of Belfast. However, this did not happen and instead it"
"an exhibition of rare 2500-year-old Shakyamuni Buddha relics at the University Interfaith Centre. Hospitals linked with DCU for teaching and research purposes include: Dublin City University Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) () is a university based on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. Created as the ""National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin"" in 1975, it enrolled its first students in 1980, and was elevated to university status (along with the NIHE Limerick, now the University of Limerick) in September 1989 by statute. In September 2016, DCU completed the process of incorporating three other Dublin-based educational institutions: the Church of Ireland"
"colleges, and their years of recognition, are: ‡ In accordance with the Universities Act 1997 (Section 48) graduates of the recognised college of St. Patrick's College, Maynooth who received a degree of the National University of Ireland before the commencement of the act are considered graduates of the constituent university known as the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. National University of Ireland The National University of Ireland (NUI) () is a federal university system of ""constituent universities"" (previously called ""constituent colleges"") and ""recognised colleges"" set up under the Irish Universities Act, 1908, and significantly amended by the Universities Act, 1997."
"of Parliament in 1969) by the ""Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1968"" (1968 c. 20, Act of the Stormont Parliament). This was one of several measures by the then Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O'Neill to reform elements of the election franchise and deal with many long-standing civil rights grievances. The Members for the university constituencies include many notable statesmen: William Pitt the Younger and Lord Palmerston both served as MPs for Cambridge University, and Robert Peel and William Ewart Gladstone each served as MP for Oxford University for portions of their careers. In his last years Ramsay MacDonald was"
"NUI and was established as an independent institution. From 1978 to 1988, the National Council for Educational Awards (NCEA) was the degree-awarding authority for NIHE Limerick. In 1989, NIHE Limerick was established by legislation as the University of Limerick (the first new university in Irish history). Under similar legislation, NIHE Dublin was established as Dublin City University with the power to award its own degrees. The legislative status of both new universities outranked those of the colleges of the NUI and the University of Dublin. The university expanded in 1991, after the incorporation of Thomond College of Education, Limerick. Thomond,"
"North of Ireland F.C. North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland. It was founded in 1868 by members of North of Ireland Cricket Club. NIFC also played in the first recorded rugby game in Ulster when they played a 20-a-side match against Queen's University RFC. Throughout its history, NIFC was one of the most successful clubs in"
"NUI Galway The National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway; ) is located in the city of Galway in Ireland. A tertiary-level teaching and research institution, it is ranked among the top 1% of universities in the world. The University is ranked #249 in the 2017 QS World University Rankings and has been also been awarded the full five QS stars for excellence. The University was founded in 1845 as ""Queen's College, Galway"", and was more recently known as ""University College, Galway"" (""UCG"") (Irish: ""Coláiste na hOllscoile, Gaillimh"" or ""COG""). NUI Galway is a member of the Coimbra Group, a"
"Queen's University of Ireland The Queen's University of Ireland was established formally by Royal Charter on 3 September 1850, as the degree-awarding university of the ""Queen's Colleges"" of Belfast, Cork, and Galway that were established in 1845 ""to afford a university education to members of all religious denominations"" in Ireland. The university system itself was replaced by the Royal University of Ireland in 1880, which in turn was replaced by Queen's University Belfast, with the Cork and Galway colleges forming the National University of Ireland, along with University College Dublin. The three Queen's colleges are currently known as: The ""Queen's"
"sector, forty schools (8.9% of the total number) are integrated schools and thirty-two (7.2% of the total number) are Irish language-medium schools. The main universities in Northern Ireland are Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University, and the distance learning Open University which has a regional office in Belfast. Algae/seaweed. 356 species of marine algae have been recorded in the north-east of Ireland. As Counties Londonderry, Antrim and Down are the only three counties of Northern Ireland with a shoreline this will apply to all Northern Ireland. 77 species are considered rare having been recorded rarely. The BBC has a division"
"College won the inaugural Irish higher education quiz show on RTÉ, ""Challenging Times"" (based on ""University Challenge""), winning again in 1992 and as NUIM in 1999. Maynooth Students' Union represents students of St Patrick's College, Maynooth and NUI Maynooth. Maynooth Alumni Association provides graduates of the St. Patrick's College, Maynooth and NUI Maynooth, with a channel to keep in touch with their ""alma mater"" as well as with friends and classmates from their time in Maynooth it is based in Riverstown Lodge on the south campus. The ""Maynooth Union"" was founded in 1895 during the centenary and the constitution agreed"
"280th in the world in the QS World University Rankings for 2014/2015. NUI Galway The National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway; ) is located in the city of Galway in Ireland. A tertiary-level teaching and research institution, it is ranked among the top 1% of universities in the world. The University is ranked #249 in the 2017 QS World University Rankings and has been also been awarded the full five QS stars for excellence. The University was founded in 1845 as ""Queen's College, Galway"", and was more recently known as ""University College, Galway"" (""UCG"") (Irish: ""Coláiste na hOllscoile, Gaillimh"""
"National College of Ireland National College of Ireland (NCI) or ""Coláiste Náisiúnta na hÉireann"" (""CNÉ"") in Irish is a third-level education University in Dublin. Founded in 1951, it offers full and part-time courses from certificate to degree and postgraduate level in areas related to computing, business, and psychology. All courses are delivered from the IFSC campus in Dublin and across a network of regional centres. The College's specialist areas include psychology, human resource management, data analytics, management, cloud computing, fintech, accountancy, cybersecurity, education, and finance. NCI is also known for its free public events which include the dot conf digital"
"policy and corporate goals"". Ulster University is Northern Ireland's regional university with four campuses situated in Northern Ireland in Belfast, Coleraine, Derry (Magee College) and Jordanstown. Additionally, two further branch campuses in both London and Birmingham in England deliver courses. An online distance learning provision also offers Ulster University courses globally. The University was among the first Universities to offer degree level programs through its, previous ""Campus One"" program and was a pioneer in the introduction of online degree level courses in Biomedical Science.<ref name=""Archive of Campus One (http://campusone.ulster.ac.uk/staff/vista.php)""></ref> The university was subsequently selected by the European Commission to deliver"
"north of Ireland, Queen's drew on a tradition of learning which went back and 1810 and the foundation of the Belfast Academical Institution. Founded in 1845, Queen's opened in 1849 when the first students moved in. A year later the Queen's Colleges at Belfast, Cork, and Galway were united under the Queen's University of Ireland. A later Act abolished the Queen's University of Ireland, while sparing its colleges, and set up in its place the Royal University of Ireland, an examining body entitled to give degrees to graduates of all the Colleges. Also he was made the director of Belfast’s"
"higher education institutions. There are 20 third-level institutes in the city and in surrounding towns and suburbs. Dublin was European Capital of Science in 2012. The University of Dublin is the oldest university in Ireland, dating from the 16th century, and is located in the city centre. Its sole constituent college, Trinity College (TCD), was established by Royal Charter in 1592 under Elizabeth I. It was closed to Roman Catholics until Catholic Emancipation, and the Catholic hierarchy then banned Roman Catholics from attending until 1970. It is situated in the city centre, on College Green, and has 15,000 students. The"
"several athletic clubs, along with the Literary and Scientific Society, Belfast Medical Students' Association and the Christian Union, making the Society the third oldest still active in the University, and even predates the University itself, which was not founded until 1908 (previously it had been one of three Queen's Colleges established in 1848, the other two being in Galway and Cork, now part of the National University of Ireland). The establishment of An Cumann Gaelach was part of a movement that had been taking place across Ireland and the Irish communities abroad from the second half of the nineteenth century,"